There are 7 ways to get from Lucerne to Sydney by train, plane, or bus
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Sydney International Airport
best- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane ZRH - SYD
24h 29m$880–1,537Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Sydney International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Luzern to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane MXP - SYD
28h 38m$821–1,810Train to Basel, fly to Sydney International Airport
- Take the train from Luzern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane BSL - SYD
28h 24m$1,177–1,607Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Sydney International Airport
- Take the train from Luzern to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane FRA - SYD
28h 23m$859–1,624Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Sydney International Airport
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Singentrain
- Take the train from Singen to Böblingentrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane STR - SYD
31h 26m$1,071–1,939Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Canberra International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Canberra International Airport (CBR)plane ZRH - CBR
- Take the bus from Canberra to Sydney Central Stationbus
31h 3m$1,049–3,085Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Sydney International Airport
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bregenztrain
- Take the train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane MUC - SYD
31h 29m$891–2,025
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Sydney International Airport (SYD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lucerne to Sydney is to train and fly which costs $850 - $1,700 and takes 28h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Lucerne to Sydney is to train and fly which takes 24h 29m and costs $850 - $1,600.
The distance between Lucerne and Sydney is 16638 km.
It takes approximately 24h 29m to get from Lucerne to Sydney, including transfers.
Sydney is 8h ahead of Lucerne. It is currently 6:38 PM in Lucerne and 2:38 AM in Sydney.
There are 5212+ hotels available in Sydney.
What companies run services between Lucerne, Switzerland and Sydney, NSW, Australia?
There is no direct connection from Lucerne to Sydney. However, you can take the train to Zürich Flughafen, walk to Zurich Airport (ZRH) airport, fly to Sydney International Airport (SYD), walk to International Airport Station, then take the train to Central Station. Alternatively, you can take the train to Basel SBB, walk to Basel, Bahnhof SBB, take the line 50 bus to Basel EuroAirport, Abflug, walk to Basel (BSL) airport, fly to Sydney International Airport (SYD), walk to International Airport Station, then take the train to Central Station.
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–5,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–5,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–4,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–5,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–5,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Canberra International Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Canberra International Airport via Singapore Changi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Canberra International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–5,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–5,500
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Basel to Sydney International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,800
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sydney International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Canberra International Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–5,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–5,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sydney International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Sydney International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Sydney International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,600
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Sydney International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sydney International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Canberra International Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–5,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sydney International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sydney International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sydney International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Sydney International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Canberra International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,200
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Luzern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–15
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Luzern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–15
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–160
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Luzern to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $90–280
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–160
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Luzern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Luzern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Bregenz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–210
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–13
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75–330
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–260
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $95–170
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- $120–170
- 2nd Class
- $95–130
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $90–140
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–27
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $75–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH (RAB)
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH (RAB)
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- servus@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
- Website
- FlixBus Australia
Bus from Canberra to Sydney Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Schedules at
- FlixBus Australia
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